For which telescope to choose when you want to start observing the stars? There is a large number of apparatus to observe the dark sky, with all kinds of magnification, all kinds of prices; if we do not know if we want to deepen astronomy, it will be better to buy at first a telescope at a low price that we can resell quickly if we do not want to make a passion.
The Celestron Travel Scope 70 travel telescope has a focal length of 400 mm, two eyepieces of 20 and 10 mm respectively with 20X and 40X magnifications, a 5 × 24 searcher, a 45 ° diagonal mirror. It also has a backpack to be able to carry it more easily in a place of observation. It is supplied with an aluminum tripod having an Alt-Azimuth type equatorial mount, that is to say a device having an axis of rotation parallel to the axis of the Earth's rotation.
With this telescope, you can have a magnification of 165X. The optics are coated glass, making the images clear and vivid. It is very good to observe the Moon, we can see the rings of Saturn. For best results, you can opt for a more complex eyepiece.
With a powerful camera, an exposure of one minute, a sensitivity of 6400 ISO, we can do wonders. With catches of galaxies, gaseous nebulae, clusters of stars that strongly resemble those of NASA.
The leg has a certain instability and can make the observation difficult. It will be better than complete with a better tripod.
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